Is 'Action-Adventure' actually an obscure category? I dunno, I see GRRM books opposite mine on the paid side... lol.CEMartin2 said:I was just advised this could be done yesterday. The person who shall remain anonymous said that you could pick an obscure category, out your book in and rapidly shoot to the top ten- and that it automatically raised your ranking ina large category. Another gaming of Amazon's flawed system.
I was thinking about trying it myself, but it just seems so uncool.
as in, 68 books there.
not really. there are many specialized categories, but only a few of them happen to have the biggest share of eyeballs looking at it. Sure you might raise your ranks, but i doubt the gains are tangible, much less permanent Action/adventure happens to be big active category, compared to historicals or literary fiction. Glutton just happened to find the natural audience for his work.CEMartin2 said:I was just advised this could be done yesterday. The person who shall remain anonymous said that you could pick an obscure category, out your book in and rapidly shoot to the top ten- and that it automatically raised your ranking ina large category. Another gaming of Amazon's flawed system.
I was thinking about trying it myself, but it just seems so uncool.
I would have had no idea Dark Fantasy would be this small... possibly because it's under Horror?CEMartin2 said:Fiction> Horror> Dark Fantasy (244)
You could send Amazon a message in Author Central and try to get them to move your books to the specific subcategory...CEMartin2 said:What's really interesting to me is this:
Fiction> Horror> Dark Fantasy (244) sounds remarkably like my series. It's got magic, monsters and the paranormal, but with horror elements (splatterpunkish)
But when i go into the amazon dashboard, I'm unable to actually select further than Fiction> Horror... there's no horror subset.
Similarly, since my series has some scifi elements (paranormal ablities), I thought Fiction> Science Fiction> Series (333) might be a good fit. But again, when I go into the Science Fiction sub category there is no "Series" choice to click on.
How are books being classifed then?
Great minds think alike. I just did that... and questioned why there are categories that are searchable but that we can't pick ourselves. If they tell me they alter categories, I'm going to whip out this: "Then why are a bunch of erotica books being kept in the Men's Adventure category?!"glutton said:You could send Amazon a message in Author Central and try to get them to move your books to the specific subcategory...
If you imagined that, I suggest you never again read slash fiction. Clearly, once was too much.glutton said:This makes me imagine Remo Williams in a bed gently raking his very sharp nails over Mack Bolan's chest...![:-\](/s3/kboards.com/data/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
Booyah! I'm going with Dark Fantasy and Military Scifi. Finally, I'm much closer to what category I think it should be.We can add a total of two categories that aren't currently available to select in your KDP Bookshelf, as long as they already exist in the Kindle Store. If you'd like us to manually change your category, you'll first need to remove the current categories. Here's how:
1. Visit https://kdp.amazon.com and log in.
2. Check the box at the left side of the book and then click on the "Actions" button at the top left, then click "Edit book details."
3. Scroll down to the "Target Your Book to Customers" section and click "Add categories."
4. Choose the categories on the right side of the screen, then click "Remove category."
5. Scroll down the category list on the left side of the screen, and choose the last category - "NON-CLASSIFIABLE."
6. Click on "Save."
7. Scroll down the page and click "Save and Continue."
8. You'll then be directed to the "Rights & Pricing" section. Check the box at the bottom of the screen to accept the Terms & Conditions, then click "Save and Publish."
